Hi guys,
I’m sorry it’s been so long. I had some personal stuff to work out but it’s over now so let’s move forward.
Recently I have noticed more and more that people with and without disabilities have a tendency to view people with disabilities with sympathy or as victims. Would you all stop doing that please?
Let’s start with the people with disabilities move you themselves as victims. Guys look, I know it’s hard but guess what so is everybody else’s life. Everybody has challenges this just happens to be ours. Now, am I saying it’s easy to live with a disability? Of course not! It can be very difficult but at least for the people in my life who are disabled their needs are currently met. People in my situation have a roof over their head and will always have food on the table that’s more than a lot of people have. The thing that frustrates me most about this group of individuals the most is that in many cases they make themselves more disabled than they need to be. What do I mean by this? I am mean that they have been taken in by the overarching nerritive that people with disabilities are unable to function in or contribute to society. I have to tell you that that is bullshit. Sure somebody in a wheelchair is not going to be a figure skater or somebody with a learning disorder like mine isn’t going to be a mathematician .That doesn’t mean that they can’t contribute in other ways. My strength is my ability to communicate my ideas concisely and with a sense of humour so I decided to make public speaking as well as this blog My profession. Doing things doesn’t mean it has to be for money either. I volunteer a lot in the disability community as well as the community at large. Sometimes it can be hard to figure out what your passions are but once you do that it makes it a lot easier to find ways to contribute and I think it’s important for everybody but especially people with disabilities to feel like they’re contributing to their communities in someway. So have a little sit down with yourself and decide what you want out of life and then find ways to make it happen. If you need help figuring that out you can always ask but people aren’t going to help you if you’re not willing to put in the work. It’s time more of us decided to no longer be victims over circumstances and treat it as one of those things we were dealt that we must work through, life is work when you want it to be the best it can be.
Ok part 1 of rant over.
To members of my community that are not disabled I would like to say for the most part you are a wonderful and helpful people and the following statements are not directed at you.
I am speaking to the people in my community who view me and others with disabilities as things ( yes things) to be pitied . To them I say everyone has something in their lives they have to deal with that are unpleasant, try not to be one of them.
Victoria Levack 